FB embedded 2.0.1 does not work on Windows Vista, at least in my tests.
This is confirmed here:

http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1207

BTW: it seems that the problem has been fixed in the upcoming V2.0.2.
Does anybody know when that version will be released?

Fulvio Senore


Dean Harding ha scritto:

> FB embedded works fine on Windows Vista.
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> The way that "Local Server" mode in IBconsole was implemented meant that it
> would not have worked in Windows XP with Fast User Switching (or Windows
> 2003 in Terminal Server mode) either, so I'm not sure why they haven't fixed
> it yet...
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> Dean.
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> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Myles Wakeham
> Sent: Thursday, 12 July 2007 3:32 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] FB Embed on Windows Vista?
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> I was reading a blog today from an Interbase dude, and he writes:
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> "Due to new process isolation in Windows Vista and the fact services starts
> in different session/desktop than users connecting to InterBase as Local
> Server in IBConsole and from your applications will not work.
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> Workaround: Use Remote Server and TCP/IP protocol instead of Local Server.
> Connect to 127.0.0.1 or localhost. For you connection string in other
> applications use "127.0.0.1:" infront of the path to your database file."
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> Then I thought of Firebird. Since we have the wonderful FB Embedded, is
> this going to be an issue with running apps that use FB Embedded on Windows
> Vista? I haven't tried this out yet, but has anyone encountered any issues
> here?
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